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' Oct. 25, 1927; 1,646,555

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. Patented Oct. 25, 1927.

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fcnnmnnn I i g Application filed December 13, 1926'. Serial No. 154,534.

' This invention relates to garments. and more particularly to ladies" dresses or aprons, and its objects are to providea simply made garment which maybe worn with 5 either of its sides used as the front'and having certain side extensions made in such a way that they may be either utlhzed as belts or may be turned inward and used as pockets, and to'provide the device with 10 other novel features of construction and arrangement as hereinafter more fully described and'particularlypointed out in the claims, reference being had to the accompanying drawings in which,

Fig. 2 showsthe garment with the side extensions used as belts. V 1

Fig. shows the garment with 'the side Y extensions turned inward to be [used as pockets.

Fig. 4 shows the garment with side extensions used as a'permanently attached belt and also providing pockets, and V 'Fig. 5 is, a fragmentary section of the garment illustrating the position of the side extensions when used as pockets Like numbers refer to like parts in all of the figures. V

:40 F similarly cut pieces of material forming the respective sides, elther of which maybe used as ',the front or back, these pieces being shaped to form the body portion 1, the neck 2, sleeves 3, and skirt 4. At opposite sides p1eces of material together around their outer edges, with the exceptions of the neck and sleeve openings and the bottom of the skirt, this seam following the edgesof the side extensions 5. r Q

Additional seams 6 are used joining the twomembers and extending a short distance inward from each side at approximately the l 'waist line just below the side extensions .5

and thence-extending downwardly a short distance. These seams 6 come into effect when the side extensions 5 are turned inward as pockets by restricting the diameter of the garment at the waist and thereby making it fit the wearer more neatly.

The side extensions 5 may be brought together either at the front or rear of the'gar- V V y the body of the garment. is a view of the'garment laid out ing to the fact that the garment is'exactly" in this position.

The garment is preferably madeof of the body portionnear the waistline thereof side extensions 5 are provided; The garment is completed by sewlng the two "waistline, each seamextending toward the ment and fastened by a pin or other suitable means. as shown in Fig. 2, to serve'as a .belt to gather the, garment at the. waist, or

the extensions 5 maybe turned inwardand" used as pockets, as shown in Figs. 3 and 5.150

Anotl1er use for the extensions is to fold them over the middle of the garment as belts 7 and permanently fasten them in placeby alike on bothsideseither side may beuse'd l as the front and'the beltsmay be folded over either side of the garment, as desiredy; and if the proper kind of scam is used to jointhe two parts of the garment, it-may be turned inside out and used equally well I claims I,"

1'. A garment comprising two sides each having sideextensions near'the waist line, said two sides being joined by a seam je'xtending alongtheir edges, and around the edges of "the sideextensions, and a seam extending from each side of the garment at the approximate waist line, a short distance toward the middle thereof.

2. A garment comprising two sides each having sidev extensions near the waistline, said two sldes beingjo ned -by a seam extending along the1redges, and around the edgesof the side extensionsfand aseam at each side of the garmentat the approximate middle ashort distance and thence down wardly a short distance. V V" 7 3.. 'A' garment comprisin-g two substantially similar piecesof material each having side extensions at the approximate waist line, said pieces being joined together by seams extending along their respective ed es and around the respective edges of the side extensions. I In testimony'whereof I afiix my signature.

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